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MPs vote for smoking ban despite Tories’ division over policy
Rishi Sunak suffers blow to his authority as 57 of his own MPs vote against his plan and over 100 abstain
A ban on smoking for future generations moved a step closer last night, but Rishi Sunak suffered a blow to his authority after dozens of Conservative MPs voted against it.
The House of Commons voted by 383 to 67 in favour of the prime minister’s plan to make it illegal for anyone born in 2009 or later to buy tobacco products in the UK.
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